Eyewitnesses claim Two World Center collapse caused by internal explosives.

NBC reporter Pat Dawson:
World Trade Center towers, which
used to be behind me over there. Fire Safety Chief Albert Turi told me
he was here just literally 10 or 15 was here just literally 10 or 15
minutes after the events that    minutes after the events that  
took place this morning.         Took place this morning.        
He said he had roughly ten       He said he had roughly ten      
alarms, that would equate to 200 to 225   alarms, that would equate to 200 to 225  
New York City firefighters who     New York Cityy firefighters who    
were in the building -- this was were in the building -- this was
after the crash -- trying to     after the crash -- trying to    
rescue civilians in there.

     Rescue civilians in there.      
Earlier on the "Today" show, we  Earlier on the "Today" show, we
spoke to the director of the     spoke to the director of the    
Trade Center saying at that hour Trade Center saying at that hour
of the morning you can have       of the morning you can have      
upwards of 10,000 people in each upwards of 10,000 people in each
tower, that would be 20,000      tower, that would be 20,000    
people in total.                      People in total.                    
The Chief of Safety of the Fire Department The Chief of Safety of the Fire Department
of New York City told me shortly of New York City told me shortly
after 9:00 he had ten alarms,     after 9:00 he had ten alarms,    
200 men in the building trying   200 men in the building trying  
to effect rescues of some of the to effect rescues of some of the
civilians who were in there, and civilians who were in there, and
basically, he received word of a basically, he received word of a
possibility of a secondary       possibility of a secondary      
device.

                        Device.                        
That is another bomb going off.  That is another bomb going off.
He tried to get his men out as   He tried to get his men out as  
quickly as he could but he said  quickly as he could but he said
there was another explosion      there was another explosion    
which took place and then an     which took place and then an    
hour after the first hit here,   hour after the first hit here,  
the first crash that took place, the first crash that took place,
he said, there was another       he said, there was another      
explosion that took place in one explosion that took place in one
of the towers here, so,          of the towers here, so,        
obviously, according to his      obviously, according to his    
theory, he thinks that there     theory, he thinks that there    
were actually devices planted in were actually devices planted in
the building.

                  The building.                  
One of the secondary devices     One of the secondary devices    
that he thinks took place after  that he thinks took place after
the initial impact, he thinks,   the initial impact, he thinks,  
may have been on the plane that  may have been on the plane that
crashed into one of the towers.  Crashed into one of the towers.
The second device, they thinks,  The second device, they thinks,
he speculates, was probably      he speculates, was probably    
planted in the building.

       Planted in the building.        
So that's what we have been told So that's what we have been told
by Albert Turi, Chief of Safety by Albert Turi, Chief of Safety
for the New York City Fire       for the New York City Fire      
Department.                      Department.                    
He told me that just moments     He told me that just moments    
ago.

                           Ago.                            
Now, we are continuing to hear   Now, we are continuing to hear  
explosions.                      Explosions.                    
We are continuing to hear        We are continuing to hear      
explosions here downtown and       explosions here downtown and      
what we have been told by some   what we have been told by some  
of the fire officials is that    of the fire officials is that  
there are some gas lines that    there are some gas lines that  
occasionally are exploding down  occasionally are exploding down
there because, obviously, as you there because, obviously, as you
can imagine, there are a lot of  can imagine, there are a lot of
open gas lines down in the       open gas lines down in the      
southern part of Manhattan where southern part of Manhattan where
the World Trade Center towers    the World Trade Center towers  
used to be.

                    Used to be.                    
As far as the situation here,    As far as the situation here,  
basically what we have are       basically what we have are      
hundreds of New York City         hundreds of New York City        
firefighters and other New York  firefighters and other New York
City rescue units who are. . .

      We are not sure if some rescue  
workers have tried to go beyond
that point.                      That point.                    
When we spoke to the head of the When we spoke to the head of the
Port Authority police, that      Port Authority police, that    
would be the organization that   would be the organization that  
is in charge of the World Trade  is in charge of the World Trade
Center building itself, the Port Center building itself, the Port
Authority police chief told us    Authority police chief told us  
that they were at that point     that they were at that point    
about, I'd say, 40 minutes ago,  about, I'd say, 40 minutes ago,
about to make a decision on      about to make a decision on    
either or not it was safe to      either or not it was safe to    
send emergency workers back in   send emergency workers back in  
there.                           There.

                       
But the bottom line is that      But the bottom line is that    
according to the Chief of Safety according to the Chief of Safety
at the New York City Fire        at the New York City Fire      
Department, he says he probably  Department, he says he probably
lost a great many men in those   lost a great many men in those  
secondary explosions and he said secondary explosions and he said
that there were literally        that there were literally      
hundreds, if not thousands, of   hundreds, if not thousands, of  
people in those two towers when  people in those two towers when
the explosions took place.       The explosions took place.      
He said everything above the     He said everything above the    
60th floor was extremely         60th floor was extremely        
difficult to get to, as you can  difficult to get to, as you can
imagine.                         Imagine.

                     
Pat Dawson, thank you very    Pat Pawson, thank you very  
much.                            Much.                          
We have some videotape, I        We have some videotape, I      
understand, that we're going to    understand, that we're going to  
show you from the West Bank.     Show you from the West Bank.

 
These are Palestinian              These are Palestinian            
celebrations in the wake of      celebrations in the wake of    
Tuesday's terror attacks in the  Tuesday's terror attacks in the
United States.                   United States.                  
Apparently, Palestinians took to Apparently, Palestinians took to
the street, chanting, God is     the street, chanting, God is    
great.                           Great.

                       
People were distributing candy   People were distributing candy  
to passers-by.                   To passers-by.                  
The U.S. Government obviously    The U.S.

Government obviously  
has become increasingly unpopular,   has become increasingly unpopular,  
particularly in the West Bank    particularly in the West Bank  
and Gaza Strip because           Palestinians feel the U.S.       Palestinians feel the U.S.      
Government has sided with        government has sided with      
Israel.                          Israel.

                       
One woman, wearing a long black    One woman, wearing a long black  
dress, threw sweets in the air,  dress, threw sweets in the air,
saying, she was happy because    saying, she was happy because  
America "is the head of the       America "is the head of the      
snake, America always stands by  snake, america always stands by
Israel and its war gainst us."    Israel and its war against us."  
Meanwhile, Yasser Arafat,        Meanwhile, Yasser Arafat,      
emerged to speak with reporters, emerged to speak with reporters,
the head of the Palestinian      the head of the Palestinian    
Liberation Organization.         Liberation Organization.        
He said, we are completely       He said, we are completely      
shocked.                         Shocked.

                     
It is unbelievable.              It is unbelievable.            
We completely condemn this very  We completely condemn this very
dangerous attack.                Dangerous attack.

             
I convey my condolences to the   I convey my condolences to the  
American people, to the American American people, to the American
president and to the American    president and to the American  
administration, not only in my   administration, not only in my  
name but on behalf of the        name but on behalf of the      
Palestinian people.                Palestinian people.              
And this comes on a day,      And this comes on a day,    
Katie, in which, obviously,      >> and this comes on a day,    
katie, in which, obviously,    
there has been a steady          there has been a steady        
deterioration of the situation     deterioration of the situation    
in the Middle East.              In the Middle East.

           
Peres was to meet today with       Peres was to meet today with      
Arafat in the West Bank.         Arafat in the West Bank.        
There has been some criticism of There has been some criticism of
the Bush administration for not  the Bush administration for not
getting more involved in the     getting more involved in the    
peace-making efforts in the      peace-making efforts in the    
Middle East.                     Middle East.

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